MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2005 Regular Session
To: Ports, Harbors and Airports
By: Representative Guice
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-27-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF MARINA; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-27-6, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-27-6. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
(a) "Marina" means a facility providing more than twelve (12) mooring spaces for boats that may provide supplies and services including electricity, fresh water, fuel or sewage collection facilities.
(b) "Pier" means a facility providing twelve (12) or less than twelve (12) mooring spaces for boats that may provide supplies and services including electricity, fresh water, fuel or sewage collection facilities.
(c) "Public marina" means a marina that offers mooring spaces and docking facilities for lease by the general public. Public marinas include recreational and commercial marinas, and they require a "C" for commercial or "I" for industrial use designation.
(d) "Private single-family or multi-family marina" means a marina that is part of an adjacent single-family home subdivision or multi-family condominium or apartment development that provides mooring spaces and docking facilities restricted for use by only home owners or tenants of the adjacent development. Private single-family and multi-family marinas with twelve (12) or fewer mooring spaces are compatible with a "G" for general use designation. Private single-family and multi-family marinas with more than twelve (12) mooring spaces require a "C" for commercial use designation. Commercial vessels may not be moored in a private single-family or multi-family marina.
(e) "Yacht club marina" means a marina that restricts mooring spaces and docking facilities to members only of a private association organization. Yacht clubs require a "C" for commercial or "I" for industrial use designation.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.